Updated Week 16 Flex Rankings (Top 200)

Welcome to Week 16 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 16 Flex rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates. These Flex rankings are geared towards making decisions for your Flex spot (RB/WR or RB/WR/TE), which in most leagues consists of running backs, wide receivers and in many cases tight ends as well:

• Jarvis Landry, Rashard Higgins, Donovan Peoples-Jones (COVID) To Miss Week 16
• James Robinson Will Not Play
• DeVante Parker Officially Out For Saturday
• Mike Gesicki Is Active For Week 16
• James Conner Returns To Full Practice
• Ronald Jones II Officially Ruled Out
• Ezekiel Elliott Thinks He'll Play Against Eagles
• Julio Jones Officially Ruled Out
• Antonio Gibson Practicing Again, Expected To Play
• Terry McLaurin Listed As Doubtful, Not Expected To Play
• George Kittle May Will His Return On Saturday
• Myles Gaskin Activated From COVID-19 List
• Ito Smith Named #1 RB Over Todd Gurley II
• Keenan Allen Game-Time Decision, Not Expected To Play
• Tyler Boyd In Concussion Protocol
• Hunter Henry Placed On COVID-19 List, Ruled Out
• Larry Fitzgerald Listed As Questionable
• Tre'Quan Smith Lands On Injured Reserve
• Eric Ebron Practiced In Full
• Kyle Rudolph Has Been Officially Ruled Out
• Kenny Golladay Officially Out For Week 16
• Joe Mixon Won't Play In Week 16
• Christian McCaffrey Doubtful For Week 16
• John Brown Remains On Injured Reserve
• Clyde Edwards-Helaire Out For Remainder Of Regular Season
• Raheem Mostert's Season Likely Over
• Cam Akers To Miss Week 16
• Buffalo Not Overly Worried About Stefon Diggs’ Foot Ailment
• Greg Olsen On Track To Return To Action In Week 16

These rankings are a consensus from four of our lead fantasy football columnists - Nick Mariano, Pierre Camus, Brandon Murchison, Scott Engel, and Dominick Petrillo - who have all analyzed the NFL matchups and game slates for Week 16.

And in case you weren't aware, our very own Nick Mariano was ranked #11 overall in 2018 out of ~120 industry experts, and was ranked #9 overall the year before. So be sure to follow his rankings every week!

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Week 16 Fantasy Football Flex Rankings

You can also see our full Week 16 ranks for PPR, Half-PPR and Standard scoring.

Last updated on Sunday 12/27 at 9:30 am ET:

Tier	Rank	Player Name	Pos
1	1	Derrick Henry	RB
1	2	Davante Adams	WR
1	3	Tyreek Hill	WR
1	4	Alvin Kamara	RB
1	5	Dalvin Cook	RB
1	6	Travis Kelce	TE
1	7	David Montgomery	RB
1	8	DeAndre Hopkins	WR
1	9	Aaron Jones	RB
2	10	Nick Chubb	RB
2	11	Calvin Ridley	WR
2	12	Austin Ekeler	RB
2	13	Stefon Diggs	WR
2	14	Allen Robinson II	WR
2	15	A.J. Brown	WR
2	16	Justin Jefferson	WR
2	17	Miles Sanders	RB
3	18	Jonathan Taylor	RB
3	19	Brandon Aiyuk	WR
3	20	D'Andre Swift	RB
3	21	Darren Waller	TE
3	22	Robert Woods	WR
3	23	D.K. Metcalf	WR
3	24	Josh Jacobs	RB
3	25	David Johnson	RB
3	26	J.K. Dobbins	RB
3	27	Terry McLaurin	WR
3	28	Mike Evans	WR
3	29	Diontae Johnson	WR
3	30	D.J. Moore	WR
3	31	Adam Thielen	WR
3	32	Marvin Jones Jr.	WR
3	33	Chris Carson	RB
3	34	Cooper Kupp	WR
3	35	Melvin Gordon III	RB
3	36	Leonard Fournette	RB
3	37	Chris Godwin	WR
4	38	Keenan Allen	WR
4	39	Le'Veon Bell	RB
4	40	Amari Cooper	WR
4	41	Cole Beasley	WR
4	42	Kenyan Drake	RB
4	43	Corey Davis	WR
4	44	Antonio Gibson	RB
4	45	Mike Davis	RB
4	46	Jeff Wilson Jr.	RB
4	47	Kareem Hunt	RB
4	48	Tyler Lockett	WR
4	49	Brandin Cooks	WR
4	50	Robby Anderson	WR
4	51	Tony Pollard	RB
5	52	Ezekiel Elliott	RB
5	53	Emmanuel Sanders	WR
5	54	Darrell Henderson	RB
5	55	Curtis Samuel	WR
5	56	T.Y. Hilton	WR
5	57	Giovani Bernard	RB
5	58	T.J. Hockenson	TE
5	59	JuJu Smith-Schuster	WR
5	60	Mark Andrews	TE
5	61	Russell Gage	WR
5	62	Keke Coutee	WR
5	63	Marquise Brown	WR
5	64	Antonio Brown	WR
5	65	J.D. McKissic	RB
5	66	Tim Patrick	WR
5	67	Tee Higgins	WR
5	68	Wayne Gallman	RB
5	69	Myles Gaskin	RB
5	70	Logan Thomas	TE
5	71	CeeDee Lamb	WR
5	72	Robert Tonyan	TE
5	73	George Kittle	TE
5	74	Noah Fant	TE
6	75	Chase Claypool	WR
6	76	Jamison Crowder	WR
6	77	Dare Ogunbowale	RB
6	78	Jakobi Meyers	WR
6	79	D.J. Chark Jr.	WR
6	80	Nelson Agholor	WR
6	81	Sterling Shepard	WR
6	82	Chase Edmonds	RB
6	83	Rob Gronkowski	TE
6	84	Allen Lazard	WR
6	85	Dallas Goedert	TE
6	86	Austin Hooper	TE
6	87	Sony Michel	RB
6	88	Michael Pittman Jr.	WR
7	89	Jerry Jeudy	WR
7	90	Nyheim Hines	RB
7	91	Salvon Ahmed	RB
7	92	Devin Singletary	RB
7	93	Lynn Bowden Jr.	RB
7	94	Ito Smith	RB
7	95	Chad Hansen	WR
7	96	Mike Gesicki	TE
7	97	James Conner	RB
7	98	Darnell Mooney	WR
7	99	Michael Gallup	WR
7	100	Marquez Valdes-Scantling	WR
7	101	Gabriel Davis	WR
7	102	Gus Edwards	RB
7	103	Christian Kirk	WR
7	104	Zack Moss	RB
7	105	Cole Kmet	TE
7	106	Jonnu Smith	TE
7	107	Tyron Johnson	WR
7	108	Tyler Boyd	WR
7	109	Marvin Hall	WR
7	110	Sammy Watkins	WR
7	111	James White	RB
8	112	Evan Engram	TE
8	113	Darius Slayton	WR
8	114	Laviska Shenault Jr.	WR
8	115	Latavius Murray	RB
8	116	Jared Cook	TE
8	117	Frank Gore	RB
8	118	Denzel Mims	WR
8	119	Mike Williams	WR
8	120	Malcolm Brown	RB
8	121	Benny Snell Jr.	RB
8	122	Breshad Perriman	WR
8	123	Hayden Hurst	TE
8	124	KJ Hamler	WR
8	125	A.J. Green	WR
8	126	Dalton Schultz	TE
8	127	Phillip Lindsay	RB
8	128	Tyler Higbee	TE
8	129	Keelan Cole Sr.	WR
8	130	Kendrick Bourne	WR
8	131	Jalen Reagor	WR
8	132	Eric Ebron	TE
9	133	Zach Ertz	TE
9	134	Irv Smith Jr.	TE
9	135	Hunter Renfrow	WR
9	136	Ty Johnson	RB
9	137	Carlos Hyde	RB
9	138	Mecole Hardman	WR
9	139	Anthony Miller	WR
9	140	Jordan Akins	TE
9	141	Kalen Ballage	RB
9	142	James Washington	WR
9	143	Darrel Williams	RB
9	144	Greg Ward	WR
9	145	Golden Tate	WR
9	146	Zach Pascal	WR
9	147	Peyton Barber	RB
9	148	Damiere Byrd	WR
9	149	Devine Ozigbo	RB
9	150	Jalen Guyton	WR
9	151	Dan Arnold	TE
9	152	Willie Snead IV	WR
9	153	Danny Amendola	WR
10	154	Jordan Reed	TE
10	155	Matt Breida	RB
10	156	Boston Scott	RB
10	157	Alshon Jeffery	WR
10	158	Cam Sims	WR
10	159	Marquez Callaway	WR
10	160	Harrison Bryant	TE
10	161	Todd Gurley II	RB
10	162	Tommylee Lewis	WR
10	163	Josh Reynolds	WR
10	164	Richie James Jr.	WR
10	165	Dawson Knox	TE
10	166	Cordarrelle Patterson	WR
10	167	Demarcus Robinson	WR
10	168	David Moore	WR
10	169	Jimmy Graham	TE
10	170	Larry Fitzgerald	WR
11	171	Devontae Booker	RB
11	172	Drew Sample	TE
11	173	Jacob Hollister	TE
11	174	Gerald Everett	TE
11	175	N'Keal Harry	WR
11	176	Adrian Peterson	RB
11	177	Collin Johnson	WR
11	178	David Njoku	TE
11	179	LeSean McCoy	RB
11	180	Trey Burton	TE
11	181	Tyler Eifert	TE
11	182	Travis Fulgham	WR
11	183	Isaiah Ford	WR
11	184	Kerryon Johnson	RB
11	185	Jamaal Williams	RB
11	186	Quintez Cephus	WR
11	187	Mohamed Sanu	WR
11	188	Jerick McKinnon	RB
11	189	Scotty Miller	WR
11	190	Chris Herndon IV	TE
11	191	Brandon Powell	WR
11	192	Donald Parham Jr.	TE
11	193	Van Jefferson	WR
11	194	Miles Boykin	WR
11	195	Mack Hollins	WR
12	196	Tevin Coleman	RB
12	197	AJ Dillon	RB
12	198	Chris Conley	WR
12	199	Joshua Kelley	RB
12	200	Jack Doyle	TE

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